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A B757-200 flight crew experienced a shattered first officer's windshield. They declared an emergency; ran the procedure; and returned to their departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 826091 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200903 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Cockpit Window |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 9000 Flight Crew Type 200 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
At FL260 approximately 100 miles northeast of ZZZ on vectors from ZZZ1 conducting system test on B757 when the first officer windshield started cracking on lower left corner. After a few seconds; the outer windshield shattered and we slowed aircraft down and requested a descent and vector back to takeoff airfield. Completed QRH procedures declared an emergency and returned back to takeoff airport with no other problems.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757-200 flight crew experienced a shattered First Officer's windshield. They declared an emergency; ran the procedure; and returned to their departure airport.
Narrative: At FL260 approximately 100 miles northeast of ZZZ on vectors from ZZZ1 conducting system test on B757 when the First Officer windshield started cracking on lower left corner. After a few seconds; the outer windshield shattered and we slowed aircraft down and requested a descent and vector back to takeoff airfield. Completed QRH procedures declared an emergency and returned back to takeoff airport with no other problems.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.